Posts Tagged ‘Bali’

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I visited Bali almost thirty years ago and found the island to be both beautiful and idyllic. One of the sights I really enjoyed was all the terraces we saw as we toured the back roads of the island.

At that time I was taking photographs with slide film, and although the slides have degraded over the years, they still bring back wonderful memories. This image is made from a scanned slide that was ‘tweaked’ in Photoshop to hide some of the damage.

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Several days ago I was looking through some images I had scanned from 30-year-old slides and found an image taken on Bali looking out to sea from the beach.

Unfortunately the image showed the age of the slide more than I liked, so I played around in Photoshop adding a texture and using a soft light blending mode. This is the result, and I must admit that I rather like it.

By the way, the white line along the center of the image is caused by waves crashing into the reef forming the lagoon.

Way back in 1987 I had the joy of spending a few days on the island of Bali. This was about as close to a tropical paradise as I am ever likely to see. This photo of a Bali sunset was taken at our hotel at Kuta Beach. Way back then I was shooting Kodak slide film, and this image was scanned from a slide taken at that time.

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This image was scanned from a slide I took in June, 1987, on the island of Bali in Indonesia. I was one of a group of college professors who were going to China to teach for the summer. We spent a few days in Bali before continuing our journey to China.

One afternoon a storm came up from the Pacific while I was along the beach. The storm was quickly over, and I snapped this picture as the sun started breaking through the clouds again.

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Lake Batur on Bali, Indonesia, is in the crater of the volcanic Mount Baur. I visited Lake Batur in June, 1987, when visiting with a group of fellow professors on our way to China to teach for the summer. This image was made from a slide made at that time.

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This photo was scanned from a slide made in 1987. I was part of a team of professors going to China that summer, and we had a couple of days on Bali before entering China. I was out early one morning and looked up as I walked among some palm trees. I have to admit that I like this picture.